Example sentences of "up [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaping off the bed I hurtled up to the rod which by now was screaming off and picking it up I felt the line pluck nicely through my fingers ; knowing that it must be a cat on the other end gave me a real thrill . |
| 2 | The last time I phoned up I said the bicycle that was hidden in the bushes . |
| 3 | Then , when I was grown up I saw the film The Sinking of the Titanic and it brought back the terror . |
| 4 | When I stand up I see the wooden block full of knives on the work surface , just visible by moonlight next to the gently gleaming stainless steel of the sinks . |
| 5 | Committed halfway up I twigged the mass of tat on the belay above the crack — the smart money abseiled off . |
| 6 | After he hung up I fished the morning paper out of the wastebasket and re-read the story on the Mahoney shooting very carefully . |
| 7 | mouse ran up my stocking The |
| 8 | Training may be undergone , qualifications gained , and patterns of work on unemployment set up which form the basis for habits and expectations in adult life . |
| 9 | In a warm room the nose discharges and fills up which ameliorates the headache ; a thick , fluent , yellow discharge . |
| 10 | A whole series of male clubs sprang up which emphasised the elements of male bonding . |
| 11 | Therefore a crouched position should be taken up which keeps the centre of gravity lower . |
| 12 | The gunner of the Fox gave me the final two fingers and I knew the third finger was coming up which meant the " K " gun would be right in my starboard earhole , I put my finger lip and gave the impression I was going to land , whereupon all the Foxes — by this time four or live of them — were given a signal by the leader , and they all turned on their backs and headed where they wanted me to follow . |
| 13 | Stretching it further by setting up trading posts inland seemed neither necessary nor prudent , so a network of Indian traders grew up which took the Company 's goods inland . |
| 14 | Unhappily a gale of enormous force then blew up which threw the marquee to the ground and we were left clinging to the posts in order to remain upright . |
| 15 | If , if you look in your books page one seven seven , you 'll see a beautifully illustrated instruction on how to do it , which you can refer to yourself this evening or later on in the course if you forget but I 'm now gon na show you how to do one as well , you , if you want to know it 's there for you to look up you take the bandage and fold it into your narrow fold band and put it round your leg , you 've got something to tie a reef knot round , okay ? if you know how to do a reef knot already fine , just do it , if you do n't , follow instructions . |
| 16 | 'Cos once she 's up she opens the porch door and leaves it open . |
| 17 | A police spokesman said yesterday : ‘ When she woke up she found the front door wide open . |
| 18 | Hands up who thinks the scoring for clean sheets is a bit OTT ? |
| 19 | Er , hands up who saw the Horizon programme on Jeannie Okay , so so you do n't want to see it then do you really ? |
| 20 | Right , hands up who wants the doggy down at your house . |
| 21 | The role of the inspector ( see Figure 5.15 ) is to report the matter to the person one level up who controls the whole space owned by both teams ; this person then decides on a solution . |
| 22 | We stacked up everything to make the site tidy for Christmas . |
| 23 | So , up we go the road narrows straight past the first left , there is n't a sign for Monkey Island at all . |
| 24 | Shut up we played the , you think about all them mother 's . |
| 25 | On the way up we pass the statue of ‘ Senhor da Montanha ’ which was begun in 1962 and weighs six tonnes . |
| 26 | As they both got up they heard the clang of the grille door . |
| 27 | I mean , an incident happened last week er the fitter went up They asked the fitter if they could track the belt up on the top . |
| 28 | As he straightened up he heard the joints pop and winced . |
| 29 | Glancing up he saw the senator beckoning for his sons to join him . |
| 30 | As the ground drifted up he saw the barbarian standing stock still , chest heaving , arms hanging loosely by his sides . |